CFP: Layamon's Brut Society (9/15/06; Kalamazoo, 5/10/07-5/13/07)

The International Layamon’s Brut Society is pleased to announce two sessionsfor the 42ndInternational Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University,Kalamazoo, MI, May 10-13,2007.

1. The first session, “Layamon and Translatio,” seeks papers that address allaspects of translation andtranslation theory in the Brut. Possible topics include, but are not limitedto, implications of Layamonas translator of Wace's Roman de Brut, instances of translation within theBrut and their relation toLayamon's vision of history, the Brut and the Anglo-Norman and Englishtranslatio imperii, andtranslations of the Brut, both medieval and post-medieval.

2. The second session—“Layamon’s Brut: Historical and Political Contexts”—asksfor papers thatexamine the the Brut's interaction with its historical, political, andcultural environment. Possible topicsinclude: Layamon and English cultural identity, Layamon and the 1209interdict, the Brut manuscriptsand the Baronial revolt, and others.